Digital Archivist & American Indian Studies Faculty

Nebraska Indian Community College; Macy (NE); On-site; USD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebraska Indian Community College seeks a Digital Archivist/ Faculty in American Indian Studies to join its American Indian Studies program. The role is full-time with a 12-month contract and tasks spanning research, service, and teaching across NICC campuses.

The position requires a Master’s degree in history or digital humanities (doctorate preferred) and prior archival processing experience. Salary begins at $66,000 and up to $72,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree required in history, digital humanities, or related field.
• Two or more years of work experience accessioning and/or processing archival materials.
• Proficiency in Office 365 tools.
• Cultural competence in serving Indigenous students and/or other minoritized populations.
• Experience with archival accessioning/processing standards across formats (manuscripts, born-digital, AV, photos, objects).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate build of NICC’s Mukurtu content management system (CMS) platform.
• Develop SOPs for NICC Archives.
• Create process and protocol for digitization.
• Call upon advisory committee with Umonhon and Isanti Dakota communities to guide the project.
• Inventory languages and histories of communities; prioritize materials for digitization.
• Collaborate with NICC Archives Committee on digitization with metadata and cultural context.
• Process new and existing archival collections in all formats.
• Apply project management strategies to accessioning and processing work.
• Direct and coordinate the work of student employees and archival assistants.
• Generate campus literacy in digital humanities through study of digital concepts.

Skills

Project management

Office 365

Cultural competence

Independent & collaborative work

Education

Master’s Degree in history / digital humanities or related field

Doctorate degree preferred

Tools

Mukurtu CMS

Job description

Nebraska Indian Community College seeks a Digital Archivist/ Faculty in American Indian Studies to join its American Indian Studies program. The role is full-time with a 12-month contract and tasks spanning research, service, and teaching across NICC campuses.

The position requires a Master’s degree in history or digital humanities (doctorate preferred) and prior archival processing experience. Salary begins at $66,000 and up to $72,000 annually.